Meeting-rail weather-strip.



, S'IPLBEIGKBR- I MEETING RAZIL'WEATHER STRIP.

APPLIUAT l APantellter Apr. 18, 1911 UNriiD sri/iria [P ii SAMUEL r. BRICKER, or ALLEGHENY, P'ENNSYLVANIA- `To all ivhom 'it may concern." I

Be it known that I, SAMUEL P.V BnIonER,

, .a citizen of the United' States, residing at- Allegheny, in -the county. fof Allegheny and State of- Pennsylvania, 'have' invented cer- A ltain new and usefullmprovenients in Meet- `ing-Rail feather-Strips, of which the .fol-v lowing is a speciicat'om reference being had therein to Jthe accompanying drawing. y invention :refers to improvements in `metallic weatherstrips and relates Aparticularly to stri s used with the meeting rails of windowsas ies and knownV as meeting rail strips.

Generally stated, "the strips are made. of thinvsheet metal, preferably zinc or any suitable metallic non-corrosivematerial, bent to provide two coperating or co-acting inein-v bers, each of which is adapted for attachment to one of the meeting rails, and so arranged that tlie free tongue or sealing rib 'of one strip shall engage a receiving groove or .4 space in the other orubetwe'enit and the j meeting, rail, to etectuall 'fclose the opening between the meeting rai s againstthe passageof the elements,- to make a .weather- Referring to the ldrawings :--Figure l 'is a cross sectionalview through the upper and lower ineetin v rails of twowindow .sashes, showing one orm of the device inoperative position. Fig. 2 is a det-ail viewof portions of the strips, assembledtog'ether andde- .tached-.from the sashes. Fig. 3 shows separate end lviews of each strip. Fig. f1' is a sectionalview showing a modified construction.

Fig. 5 is L detailview of the strip of Fig. 4,

i -assembled together. Fig. 6.is an'end view .meeting-rail strip. Fig. 7 is a sectional deshowing a similar vconstruction employing a single thickness tongue -for the lower sash tail view ofthe upper sash meeting-rail-and vits strip, attached along its upper-and lower edges. Fig. 8 is an end View of thelower meeting rail strip of Fig. 4. Fig. 9 is a sectional view showing a' further modification. Fi 9 shows a similar upper railstrip with a single thickness tongue. Fig. 10 isa detail i. View of the strips of Fig. 9, assembled tog gether. Fig. 11 1s an end view of the lower meeting railV strip of Fig. 9. -Fig 12- is a sectional detail View of the upper sash meetingrail and its strip attached alongl its upper,

and lower edges. Fig. 13 is a sectional view showing a further modiiicat-ion. Fig. 14 isv 4MEETIne-1minvviia'rnnr.-STRIP.A 1

' rib ofthe upper rail strip on thersame` plane with the base. "Fig.`l 5 `-i-s a similar View showing anotherform of the same arrangement. Fig..16 shows a' construction where one of the strips is-provided with an attacliing flange. y s In the various forms shownby the vdrawings, it will be observed that the co-acting strips are made of. thin sheet metal, 'reflexed-v or doubled upon itself to provide tongues,

.Walls, orgrooves and attaching .bases or Patented Apr. 1S, 1911. .Application led November 29,1907. Serial No. 404,924, s

flanges, which are Vdisposed in parallel planes; that the strips as thus made are capable of attachment `to the inner opposing Afaces of the meetin rails; and that when so attached and inter tted they occupy a minimum of space between the meeting rails, are

concealed from. View, and are adapted to engage withl and be disengaged from each-4 otlier on closing orvopening either sash.

In the drawing, A represents lthe meeting-rail of theupper sash 'and'B the meeting-railof the Vlower\sasli of a window of ordinary construction, and" represents-the meeting-rail strip of lthe upper sash and the meeting rail-strip .of the lower sasli,`

Lthroughout the4 variousconstructions, each of'said strips being secured to its respective rail by nails, tacks or screws 2 driven through the securing flanges into the rails as clearly shown'. For the purpose' of clear-H.

ancethe inner face of Yone of the meet-ingrailsniay be cut away as shown, or each meeting-rail maybe recessed for the same purpose.

The upper saslifrail lstrip a of the con-v struction sliown'in Fig. lis made ot a strip -of .thin sheet `metal having an attaching basefor fiange 3, laterally deflected at 4, and

allel With the base, and relexed or doubled upon `itselfto provide the sealing rib or tongue' 5, the inner face of which is located outwardly beyond the inner face of the base 3 sufficiently far to provide clearance space for 'the tongue of strip Z). Said strip b of the lower sash rail consists merely of an at! a similarsectional view showing the'v sealing the 4full width of the strip and is then re- 'then' extended in a direction generally pai'- l' I tiered as( .indicatediiat-t'lO, `reinforcingfthe 'Strip and stii'ening it',"the reflexed'poiztionj being then rounded and again reflexed'ftd` tongue member of stript., SaidA strip b --is of the same construction was shown ini` Fig.

1,'but when used with the iormof stripeV having ha single thickness/sealing rib l1, is

preferably ofdouble thickness as to its rib 13, 'which engages groove12 embracing rib 11 in the same generalmanner. l I

The' arrangement of rib13 with relation to itsbase 6 isparallel, leaving a suitable .5 intervening) 'space for rib -11 of strip a,

although if desired the terminalsealing rib of strip, b may alsobe made of single thick- An'essas shown in Fig.- 6, space 12 of rib a i being lcorrespondingly reduced to insure 20 Weather-tight engagement.

-The baseof thenpper' rail strip a of the construction shown in Fig. 9 is reflexed providing a double'thickness'attaching portion as indicated at 14', through which tacks 3,5 or screws'may be inserted, and a particular feature of advantage is that in addition to the stiffe'ning effect the double thickness permits of\ the recessing or counter-sinking ot the base for the purpose of inserting screws 10 flush` with theouter' face. The sealing' rib 11 of such form'is also preferably `doubled and the intervening-l space12 of suitable *Width t'o receive either the A single thickness tongue oi.V Fig. 1 or Vthe doublethickness i tongue 13,.5as shown. With either form 1' the object is vthe same and thev sea-linof erigagementl secured by "regulating the thick- .ness` of thelengagingiribs and the corresponding'spaces. L0?. In Fig. 9al the attaching base 14' is'. doulbled as just described, but the sealing rib 11 issingle as shown, and eitherforrn may be 'usedwith good results, although ordi'- naril thel double thickness is preferred 'as' l5 'its e ge is thereby. rounded and smooth.

The construction' shown in Fig. 13 .is substant'ia-lly the same as that shown in Fig.`

lleXcept that the tongue 13` is bent or doubledin the-opposite direction and the spaces A0, .between it and the flange G correspond- Jingly reduced to. receive the single thickness rib 11 ofl strip a.

vIn Figlll I have shown aconstruction i in'which thestrip a is made vby doubly re. 35' flexing thestripy of metal to provide the doubled sealing rib of substantially .the same construction as is' shown in'Fig, 'et except that the strip is reversed in position as to the meeting rail. l

i0 Also in Fig. 15`the same .arrangement is provided except that the base 3f is also doubled and off-set inwardly as shown to.

, provide the' .inner -Wall of the receiving groove for the'strip I). The advantage of Vboth constructions'is that the recessing ot' vIn F ig. ,prouidedwithga securing iiange or base 15 adapted to engage be .understood that such construction will' 'securing nails or 'screws or they may-loev the" meeting'i-ail vis reduced andnagcompaet, I

16 'the strip'gbisshown as being extending at right angles to 'the sealing rib, 70 the tongue, and it vWil-l operate to give the same generalfsresults, flange 15 in suchcase being secured tothe top edge of the meeting' rail strip.- I prefer, 75 however, 'the construction employing the parallel 'attaching bases and the resulting advantage o'f compact construction,` conceal- 'ment' from view and thefacility'for coperation as will be'obvious from the description S0 and illustrations-- f It desired,` for 'the' purpose :of insuring more rigid attachment of `the strip to the meeting-raihthe base of strip afmay be extended beyond the edge ofthe sealin indicated at 16 in Fig. 7 and at 17 in, ig. 12, showingthe base extended beyond the'rlb of double thickness andof single thickness respectively whereby an additional ro'w ofattaching screws or nails may be used. With either method of attachment, el, by .a 'sin- 'gle or a double row of nails, the projecting rib and the intervening trough are com-v prised in a single resilient element capable p 4of coperation with the corresponding re- 95* I silient o o-'acting element of the-other sash rail, and with any ofA the .various forms shown good results may be secured: and for 'y the objects described.

While the strip as thus constructed 'is particularly adaptedfor use asa meeting-rail' str-ip for the horizontal Vmeeting-"rail of Window sashes it will be understood that itfinay alsotbe employed with swinging Casement Windows or doors, sliding windows, other construction where the conditionsfare favorable The attachingbases may, it desired, be previously-provided With-.apertures'forthe no driven through the metal in the operation of attachin them, andtheinvention is not to be consi ered as in any way limited to such specic features, while other changes-or variations may be made bythe .skilled` Inechanic in its design, construction orvother details,wi'thou t departure `from the scope of the following claims.

What I claimis f y 1. A meeting-rail weather-strip, consisting of a strip-of sheet metal havingan attaching base, said strip being doubly reflexed to form a sealing rib and groove, the first reflexion lying against the base to form the '125 sealing rib and the second reflexion being separated therefrom to 'formgthe groove.

2. A meeting-raily weather-strip,'consisting of a strip of sheet metal .having Van 'iattaching base, 'said-' 'strip being doubly. re-` 'lexed to form a sealing rib* and groove, the

rib as .8 5

ioo

or any. Vv

rst reexionf lying against the basato forni then deflected and again reflexed, the reflexthe sealing rib and thesecond reflexion Abeion lying against the base to form a sealing ing separated therefrom to form the groove, rib and groove.

and a coacting strip having a tongeifor en- In testimony whereof Iaiix my'signature 5 gai-gement With'said sealing rib and groove in presence of two Witnesses.

Vand a base portion for attachment lto the f "meeting rail of a companion sash. i t, SAMUEL P' BRIOKER SRA meeting-rail Weather-strip, consist- Witnesses: 4

ing of a strip of sheet metal having an at- 0.1M. CLARKE,

1 0 taching base, saiol strip being reflexed and CHAs. S. LEIfLEY. 

